Quest Complete!
Now all thats left is the quest related to the lost honor of the Nifleheim Empire.
Weed’s tension loosened.
‘It took a little time to deal with the monsters, but the quest wasn’t so difficult.’
They almost died due to the vicious cold. However thanks to the help of Tori, Seoyoon, Alveron and the others they were able to solve the quest.
He was also lucky to be able to travel along with the expedition.
Still his nervousness remained.
‘The expedition had been attacked by monsters countless times. If it hadn’t been for the expedition I would have had to waste 40 more days. But why were there so many monsters in this area?’
The expedition entered the Valley of Death.
Weed had visited the upper parts of both sides of this Valley! This was another whole area he had not been to.
“Humans. You dare step foot in here.”
“We are the ones who erased the Nifleheim Empire off the map.”
“Kyareureureureu! Kill the intruders!”
“Blood, Curse. Blood flow like a river through this valley.”
Suddenly Priests clad in black and monsters began to appear.
Using magic, the Priests commanded the monsters.
Alveron watched them grinding his teeth. It was the first time he made such unsophisticated reaction.
“Huh?”
"It's a bunch of Cultists who worship Evil Spirits! These Priests are devoted and faithful to the powers of evil and gained their strength by slaughtering the innocent. Each Church of the Continent have been long specified by the public. However, the Continent has excluded the Embinyu Church to prevent confusion. I would have never imagine them being in a place like this..."
Weed looked around.
Fortunately the expedition was so focused on the battle they seemed to not hear Alveron’s story. The battle intensified as more Priests of Embinyu joined.
Seoyoon was close by. Close enough to hear Alveron's story.
"..."
But Weed did not worry about it. Because she was not a person who would carelessly run her mouth! In fact, so to say, she cannot speak at all, so she could not speak of it even if she wants to.
Weed remembered the words of the Necromancers from when he had fought the Legions of Undead.
The necromancer looked around and said.
“We necromancers have experienced great suffering throughout our lives. But now the misunderstanding will be cleared up, and we will be able to formally accept disciples and develop the Black Magic.
“I pray for success.”
“You’ve suffered because of our selfish request. In return, I’ll teach you one secret. Do you think that the Versailles Continent is actually peaceful?”
“Huh?”
“An unknown darkness builds around evil deep within the cities. The Church of Embinyu. There were 12 recognized leaders.”
“Leaders?”
"Based on the Church of Freya, the group have been hiding in the shadows, otherwise known as the Valhalla Temple. They believe in the Evil Spirit of Water, and they want the world to be covered in Darkness. Among those 12 Leader, one of them lived as the founder of Baseurin. It is peaceful during the day, but when the sky turns into night, a festival of Cultists unfold. The overall achievement goes exactly as they wanted."
Baseurin is not safe. The Embinyu Church was more of a threat to the peace of Versailles Continent than the Legions of Undead.
'As far as the story goes, it seems like this might be Baseurin.'
It was a clue to a great quest. At least a hidden rank A or higher quest.
‘Until now there has been no information of anyone having acquired on an S rank quest.’
Typically fame gained differed greatly depending on the quest. A quest that requires a great clue to get usually has a higher difficulty and better rewards.
‘The land of Baseurin.’
Weed recalled the memories with ease.
This battle was much more difficult for the expedition. The Priests of Embinyu did damage constantly.
“Damn it. Where did those guys....”
“Protect them! No matter what, block it!”
Since coming here, the expedition was virtually unharmed but now about 10% of them had died.
The Scouts and Assassins were wiped out, and many Wizards were killed by the Priests of Embinyu because of their low Stamina.
“O gatekeeper of hell, descend here and cleanse the sinful!”
Embinyu Church’s summoners had arrived. A large number of monsters including summoned Cerberus damaged the expedition.
The expedition was embarrassingly on the verge of collapse.
Quickly mobilizing the Wizards at the beginning of the battle could inflict massive damage on the enemy. However the night before the battle after a long advance the Wizards’ mana was depleted.
Demonstrating that power at the beginning of the battle was impossible.
The priests were exhausted.
“Do not give up!”
“We have to destroy those guys!”
Oberon had the courage to move forward. Displaying the trust that as commander for his expedition not caring for his own life.
The allied guilds and Dark Gamers that had been watching the battle from the rear finally joined the fight. Aside from the Merchants, all combat profession and the Bards joined the battle.
As a result the Church of Embinyu’s numbers slowly began to dwindle.The Knights that went through hell and the Rangers; one or two died to the Archers massive attack.
Weed’s face relaxed but soon became serious again.
‘This isn’t enough to win. These are only the weak monsters and bosses.’
The Priests of Embrinyu were not everything. Weed was sure he had heard something. It was then.
At the end of the Valley of Death a huge shape of a shadow appeared!
A large pile of bones was rose from the ground.
The expedition members’ jaws dropped at the sight. An unimaginable thing appeared.
A Dragon.
A dragon, the strongest creature on earth, after its death and being frozen into ice, it was revived with Dark Magic as an undead.
“I can not believe it!”
“I never thought there would be a Bone Dragon here.”
The Bone Dragon was an undead monster. A real dragon could not be compared with it. Nevertheless, there was no group that could say they had captured a dragon.
Padadadak!
The Bone Dragon stumbled as it flapped its wings. It was just as flippant as before. The Bone Dragon was over 400 meters long and the force created by simply flapping it’s wings was enormous.
Hwi-ri-ri-ri-ri Hwi-ri-ri!
Wind raging through the bones made a strange sound.
A cold-blooded threatening noise!
You are in a state of fear.
Stunned temporarily
Agility reduced by 15%
Wisdom reduced by 30%
Fighting Spirit was lowered just by the dragon roaring.
“Whoa!”
Some people turned and tried to escape.
They did not want to die fighting the bone dragon.
It was understandable. However, Dragons were creatures who did not know how to show mercy.
The Bone Dragon unfolded its wings. Flying without hesitation it attacked the expedition.
With rotten teeth the bone dragon preemptively moved his body and neck and swallowed members of the expedition whole.
“Kkeu-a-ak!”
Knowing that the formation was on the verge of collapsing, Oberon shouted.
“Do not falter! Don’t give up! If you want to be a coward then run away! If you want to be a hero lift your sword and fight!”
Oberon led the charge to attack the Bone Dragon.
The monsters and Priests of Embinyu still remained, but it was imperative to restore the morale rather than deal with them.
“Follow the Guildmaster!”
“I will die with Guildmaster Oberon!”
The focus of the expedition became attacking the Bone Dragon with Oberon.
The Dragon faced an all out assault.
The Bone Dragon banged around as it charged!
The force was so great it cause the ground to shake.
Screams erupted as the big feet trampled over the expedition.
The Dragon’s act of battle was simple, but those who befell it were surely dead. Whilst to some extent the expedition and monsters were still fighting.
The Dragon opened it’s mouth.
Weed noticed its behavior and knew what it was about to do.
‘Breath! It’s going to use its Dragonbreath.’
Because of Bingryong, he was able to guess what was going to happen. But the dragon was targeting the rear end of the expedition.
Puhwahahak!
A powerful acid like breath poured out like water.
Poison that melted everything!
Breath Spread wiping out Weed and all the others belonging Production Profession. Not one survived. Death awaited those who met the Dragon’s breath.
Architect Pavo didn't even try to dig a hole at the moment of his death.
“Attack!”
“Let us avenge our fallen comrades.”
The expeditions attacks became more heated. Yet the Dragon dealt enormous damage, whilst also have to fight the remainder of the other monsters.
More than 10 minutes had passed.
Peoseuseuk. Peoseuseuk.
Where lives were once lost, bones began to take form.
Skeleton Soldier!
Thanks to his power to deny death, Weed was reborn as a skeleton soldier.